Laine DeLaney joins us in this episode to talk about
her journey from her childhood religion of Islam to her current
Heathen and magickal traditions. What does it mean to be a
Heathen? Do you have to be of Northern European descent to be a
“proper Heathen”? Is there really such a thing as an “unbroken”
tradition? Why is hospitality important? We also talk about how
accepting people as they identify themselves and accepting their
humanness is important in accepting the “Other.”

This is part of a series of
interviews with people who will be presenting atPantheacon
2016.

Laine DeLaney was born in Western
New York and has spent much of her life trying to escape its pull,
but recently has made a new home in San Diego, California. She has
been a member of several traditions and has acted as a
clergyperson, spiritual guide, and seeress for various groups and
communities. Laine writes for pleasure (science fiction on her
Empyrean Dreams blog and other random fiction), for profit (as a
custom content creator), for activism (in her columns in various
LGBT publications), to discuss Pagan issues (on The Lady's Quill on
Patheos Pagan and Pagan Church Lady on WordPress), and because she
has difficulty stopping.

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